The number of corporate bankruptcies fell 9.4 percent in fiscal 2014 to 9,543, dropping below 10,000 for the first time in 24 years, according to the Tokyo Shoko Research. The credit research agency attributed the decrease to banks allowing small and midsize companies more ...

A total of 1,726 businesses went bankrupt due to reasons linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent nuclear disaster, according to Teikoku Databank Ltd. Liabilities left by the failed companies comes to ¥1.56 trillion, the private credit research company said ...

Corporate bankruptcies fell in 2014 to the lowest level since the final year of the asset bubble, as a government request for banks to alter loan conditions for smaller firms helped companies stay afloat. Business failures slid 10.4 percent in 2014 from a year ...

Corporate bankruptcies linked to the yen’s slide hit a new record in November, highlighting the strains on small and midsize companies as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe campaigns for re-election on his deflation-busting economic strategy. Forty-two of the companies that failed in November cited the ...

A new government panel is due to begin a review of the financial support given to Japan Airlines, or JAL, as part of a bailout package under the previous administration. The review, which will start next month, is taking place in response to criticism ...

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ruled against 71 former Japan Airlines Co. cabin attendants who were seeking reinstatement after being dismissed as part of the airline’s corporate restructuring in the wake of its 2010 bankruptcy. The court ruled “the personnel cuts were necessary ...

The bitcoin digital currency can expose people to significant losses, fraud and theft, and the lure of a potential quick profit should not blind investors to its significant risks, a brokerage industry watchdog warns. In an investor alert titled “Bitcoin: More than a Bit ...

Corporate bankruptcies in February fell 14.6 percent from a year earlier to 916, the lowest for the month in 23 years, a credit research agency said Monday. The number has now posted year-on-year declines for 16th months straight as government monitoring of lending to ...

Corporate bankruptcies logged a 10.9 percent drop in the first six months of the year to 5,620, the lowest first-half level seen in 22 years, a credit research agency said Monday. Tokyo Shoko Research also said that liabilities left by failing businesses that had ...

Nationwide, 1,139 companies have gone bust in the two-year aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and continuing nuclear disaster, with liabilities totaling ¥1.31 trillion, according to a private credit research company. The business failures were triggered by collapses of company buildings and sales ...